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The Collector Zone is a free community for trading card collectors - both sports and non-sports. There are forums for all of the major sports, non-sports, autographs and other hobby-related information. In addition, there are areas to trade, buy and sell with other collectors. Our members have now completed over 48,125 collector-to-collector transactions using our easy-to-use Transaction Manager.

With over 30,500 collectors and over 2,750,000 posts, there's plenty of ways to get involved with the other members - either in discussions or with trading. So, are you ready to join and start meeting other collectors?

Maybe the rules in this thread should be moved to the "Guidelines" page. A link to that page should also be included in a welcome message to all new members when their account is approved. I mean, it's likely that some new members don't look at the News and Announcements forum so they never even know this set of rules exist. It's possible that they join and just get right to posting and trading.

"Baseball players will take anything. If you had a pill that would guarantee a pitcher 20 wins but might take five years off his life, he'd take it" MLB pitcher Jim Bouton about drug use in the Major Leagues... quoted in 1969.

I vow to no longer purchase any product that features sticker autographs...If your user name is this color I'm afraid I'll have to pass on any proposed transactions at this time.

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The TCC Collector Zone is a free discussion area for all members of the trading card hobby. The Collector Zone allows you to share your knowledge about the hobby in order to improve the overall quality, understanding and enjoyment of the hobby. There are discussion areas for all of the major sports, non-sports, autographs and other hobby-related information. In addition, there are areas to trade, buy and sell with other collectors.

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The messages express the views of the author of the message, not necessarily the views of Trading Card Central. Any user who feels that a posted message is objectionable is encouraged to contact us immediately by email. We have the ability to remove objectionable messages and we will make every effort to do so, within a reasonable time frame, if we determine that removal is necessary.

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We reserve the right to modify or add to these guidelines as needed."

The addendum's are available in the originating post as well . . .

Each and everyone of usagreed to these standards when we became members of this site. They are readily available to any member by clicking the Guidelines topic in the blue banner at the top of the Forums.

The Collector Zone Team has been working on a concise, specific list of violations due to the inability of a select few members to interpret the quoted material above.While none of us cherishes the role of "bad guy" or enforcer, the rules are here for the well-being of the entire community. They will be enforced.

1. We will not tolerate profanity of any kind. Acronyms are also includedin this category. If you post it and our filter catches it, you'll find the originalword/phrase/acronym replaced with #####. If you see this in your postwhen you review it, I suggest that you edit it, quickly!If our filter doesn't catch it, we will. There will be no warnings. There willbe a 24 hour suspension.

2. TCC does not allow the "calling out" of members. If you are posting inanger, to ridicule or just general meanness in order to target a specificmember, your account will be suspended.

3. Update requests in Sale/Trade Agreements will be responded to in a timely manner. If you receive a request from a Team member, it not only goes to your mailbox here at TCC , it also goes to your personal email account. There is no excuse for not responding to a request within 48 hours. You will receive a warning from a Team member if you violate this simple request.

4. Please do not bump your threads within a twelve hour period.If you choose to bump your thread after this 12 hour period, pleasedo it in a creative manner. TTT, bump and up are not considered creativeand will be deleted. We will simply delete the original post and send youa warning.

5. Creating multiple topics (concerning the same items) in one Forum will come to an end. The same coverage can be achieved through a creative title and well-written description in one Sub-Forum. We will delete them all in the future and the author will receive a warning.

6. The requesting of Paypal Gift payments is a violation of TCC policy. Paypal has no safeguards in place in the event of non-payment/non-delivery of product for this payment method. The CZT will not moderate nor recognize any trade/sale agreement that involves a Paypal Gift payment.

7. Multiple warnings for the same infraction will involve suspension of thatmembers account for a period of 24 hours to 30 days. Multiple violationsof two or more rules will result in suspensions ranging from 7 to 30 days.

We reserve the right to modify or add to these guidelines as needed.

These rules and penalties are not open for debate. This announcement is for the general knowledge of all members regarding the sites guidelines.

The Collector Zone Team is a group of volunteers who give of their time to keep TCC running smoothly. If you receive a message from a member of this team regarding a previous action of yours, realize that team member is acting in the best interest of the site and doing his or her job by informing you of TCC's Rules and Guidelines. When responding, realize a great deal more can be accomplished via a calm discussion, than by anger or snarkiness. All of the members of this team are more than happy to listen to your side of the story, and take your comments into account. That includes sharing the information with the entire TCC Team so each Team Member can offer their opinion in the matter. However, dealing with Team Members in an aggressive or angry fashion will result in a suspension."